Prof. B. Brett Kaur Finlay
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2001
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Microbiology and Biochemistry
Department
Biotechnology Laboratory
Keywords
Diarrhea, salmonella, E-coli, pathogenesis, disease
Brett Finlay is a worldrenowned scientist in the field of microbial pathogenicity. He has made seminal contributions towards defining how pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella and pathogenic E coli cause disease in humans. By utilizing technologies from microbiology, cell biology and biochemistry, his multidisciplinary approach has contributed significantly to the development of the new field of cellular microbiology.
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